Why do houses in the US need to be fumigated and what happens during this process?

422 views

I’m Irish, and have never seen this happen in any other country and have no clue what it is

In: 2

10 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

Not something you see often. Fumes get into cracks and crevices that powders, liquids and other toxins can’t. Fumigation is a last ditch effort to fix a pest problem. Not something you see often. The pros to fumigation is you don’t have to damage the building, the cons are it’s expensive, and a pretty big hassle. Bed bugs, roaches are normally the pests involved, as they’re notoriously difficult to get rid of once they show up. I could be wrong, but lots of the older buildings in Europe are a brick and mortar style, while American buildings tend to be wood primarily. It makes sense a wood structure would be more susceptible to a nasty pest invasion than a brick and mortar one, since brick doesn’t swell in heat and humidity like wood does opening up gaps and cracks and whatnot for the pests. Plus these pests can chew through wood much easier once they’ve got a foothold.

You are viewing 1 out of 10 answers, click here to view all answers.